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The Taliban confirmed Thursday that Mullah Omar has died and that group has elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader, the BBC reported. Afghan officials said Wednesday that the Taliban’s reclusive leader died more than two years ago.

Last week, James Holmes was found guilty of the massacre of 12 people at a theater in Colorado in 2012. Just a few days after the verdict, John Russell Houser allegedly opened fire in a theater in Louisiana.

The shooting took place in Ceylanpinar, near the Syrian border, in the same province where 32 pro-Kurdish activists were killed in a bombing on Monday. The outlawed Kurdish PKK has claimed responsibility.

A court placed restrictions on websites and social media platforms which carried images of the attack carried out on Wednesday morning. The block on Twitter was lifted after the company complied with the court’s order.

The former FIFA Executive Committee member helped U.S. authorities with their investigation into corruption in soccer’s governing body after he pleaded guilty to bribery, money laundering, and tax evasion.

Yanis Varoufakis said that he had been made aware of a “preference” among eurozone negotiators for his “absence” from future talks in a statement on his blog. On Sunday, Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected sweeping new austerity measures, which were being pushed as a requirement before Greece receives further bailout funds. BuzzFeed News reporter Jim Waterson is in Athens.